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By Saio Marrah

The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor  William Kumuyi, has during the official launch of their Media Parley crusade, a Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK), and the unveiling of his two books, ‘Voyage to Liberation’ and ‘The Minister has shown approval,’ said their Ministry has reached over  150 countries globally.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG) has adopted a comprehensive national framework for the safety of journalists in Sierra Leone.

In his statement, the Head of Media and Public Relations in the Sierra Leone Police (SLP), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Brima Kamara noted that the word safety in the document tells you that the SLP has a role to play which falls within the remits of Force. He said the Police have a statutory as well as constitutional responsibility to protect lives and properties.

By Saio Marrah

Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Tuesday 2^nd August 2022 domesticated the International Convention on Arbitration thereby ensuring that foreign trade disputes can be arbitrated locally.

The Deputy Attorney General, Umaru Napoleon Koroma told the lawmakers in the house of parliament that the law provides for the settlement of  international disputes  between states and other nationals of different states. 

By Nasratu Kargbo

In a bid to sanitize the journalism profession and ensure that selfless service is paramount in the execution of the trade, the President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) Ahmed Sahid Nasralla has called on journalists to seek public interest to ensure national development.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Members of the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA) have vowed to go ahead with their strike action starting on the 1^st of August 2022, if their demands for improved conditions of service were not addressed.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The 1927 Protectorate Land Ordinance Cap 122, which prevents a non-native (Krio) from owning lands in the provinces, will be repealed, according to the Minister of Lands, Housing and Country Planning Dr. Turad Senesie.

He was responding to questions from Members of Parliament with regards to that law, during the pre-legislative hearing of the bill entitled the Customary Land Right Act 2021 on the 25^th of July 2022.

By Politico staff writer

One person was reported to have died and others injured in the Guinean capital Conakry in clashes between protesters and the Police last Thursday, following a call by the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) to protest against the decision by the military-led Transitional Government to stay in power until 2025.